flush¹ /flush/

1. A sudden flow
2. A flow of blood to the skin, causing redness
3. A suffusion of colour, esp red
4. The device on a lavatory which is operated to release a flow of water to clean the pan
5. A sudden growth
6. A renewal of growth
7. A rush of feeling
8. A puddle (obsolete)
9. A watery place near a spring, etc (obsolete)
10. Bloom, freshness or vigour
11. Abundance

1. To glow
2. To become red in the face
3. To flow swiftly, suddenly or copiously

1. To cleanse by a copious flow of water (as in a lavatory)
2. To clear by a blast of air
3. To cause to glow
4. To elate or excite the spirits of

1. Overflowing
2. Abounding
3. Well supplied, esp with money (informal)
4. In full bloom (Shakespeare)
5. Flushed

flushed adjective

1. Suffused with ruddy colour
2. Excited

flushˈer noun

A person who flushes sewers

flushˈing noun

flushˈness noun

flushˈy adjective

Reddish

flushˈ-box noun

A tank for flushing a lavatory, a cistern

in the (or one's) first flush

Young or youthful

in the first flush of

In the early stages of (esp youth), when one is at a peak of vigour, enthusiasm, etc

flush² /flush/

1. To make even
2. To fill up to the level of a surface (often with up)

1. Having the surface in the same plane as the adjacent surface (with with)
2. (of a deck) having the same level throughout the ship's length
3. (of type) having an even margin

So as to be even or level

flushˈness noun

flush⁴ /flush/

To start like an alarmed bird

1. To rouse and cause (esp birds) to move off
2. To force out of concealment (with out)

1. The act of starting (esp birds)
2. A bird or a flock of birds so started (Spenser)

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